Social integration will be formed in the community if most members of the community have an agreement on the territorial boundaries of a region or country where they live.
In addition, most of the community agreed on the social structure that was built, including values, norms, and even higher are social institutions that apply in their society, in order to maintain the existence of the community. In addition, the characteristics that are formed as well as mark the boundaries and patterns of society.
According to William F. Ogburn and Mayer Nimkoff, the conditions for successful social integration are:
Community members feel that they have successfully filled one another's needs with one another. This means that the physical needs of clothing and food and their social needs can be fulfilled by their culture. Fulfillment of these needs causes the community to maintain mutual engagement with one another.
The community has succeeded in creating consensus (consensus) about social norms and values that are preserved and used as guidelines in interacting with one another, including agreeing on things that are pursued according to their culture.
c. The social norms and values apply for a long time and are run consistently and do not experience changes so that they can become standard rules in carrying out the process of social interaction.
Examples of Social Integration in Indonesian society in everyday life, and in schools both individuals, social or groups:
Not prioritizing the ego and interests
Bersilahturami
Worship
Help each other
Join the flag ceremony with wisdom
Preserve the nation's culture by following each performance
Take an active role in carrying out siskamling activities
Developing their own morals and personalities
Play with peers. For: playing soccer
Fill independence with positive activities
Greet someone you know
Participate in every activity inside and outside the school
Sekaten
Acculturation between Javanese, Islamic and Hindu culture
Worked together
Discuss or group work
Needs must be primary, not wants
Instill the noble values of the nation and state
Do not impose the will of others
Socialize
Participate in activities / competitions in schools and communities
Do not follow bad associations, such as drugs and disco
Maintain and maintain the environment
No KKN (Corruption, Collusion and Nepotism)
Become a useful person in the future, like a state official
Determinants of Social Integration
The integration factor of the Indonesian people was a sense of shared fate and continuity as well as a sense of agreement in the past when it was colonized. Colonialism causes stress both mentally and physically. Prolonged pressure will give birth to the reaction of the pressed (in the face). So that awareness arises to fight for independence.
Which can be a factor of national integration is our famous motto, namely unity in diversity, where we are separated by the sea but we have the same ideology, Pancasila. In other words, the integration factor of the Indonesian nation can be; (1) Pancasila, (2) Unity in Diversity, (3) A sense of patriotism, (4) Feeling the same fate. By being aware of the plurality of the Indonesian nation, every citizen must be vigilant so as not to do negative things that can weaken the unity and integrity of the nation.
The internal and external factors that can affect social integration in society include the following: